In the article "Man pushed to death on subway tracks" by James Barron on NYTimes.com, he tells us of the crime of a New Yorker waiting for his train and how he had been pushed in to the subway tracks by a fellow new yorker. It is said that the victim was identified as Ki-Suck Han and was struck by a southbound Q train in the 49th street station.
The article includes quotes from witnesses, police, and onlookers. One of the quotes that stood out to me from the article was when a witness to the accident said "As`he attempted to climb out of the well, he was struck by the train and got wedged between the platform and the train car." This is basically saying that every witness there just watched him die. Nobody there even moved to try and help him up onto the platform to safety.
I think that this situation is absolutely horrible and that there need to be multiple consequences for the person who did it. I understand that he may be a mental patient but he is also an american just like the rest of and has to suffer the consequences that we all have to suffer. Equal rights includes equal consequences between the rest of us.
This article reminds me of a time when I saw a man run over a deer in the road and then the man stayed in the car looking at the deer but didnt call animal control an ambulance or anything or anything he just sat in his car looking at it. I think it was wrong for him to sit there staring at the deer that he just ran over so my mom and I had to call someone to come pick up the deer. Both of these talk of people standing by doing nothing to help someone/something. In the future people should start to muster up more courage to save anothers life.
Good post. 95
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